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title: "Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat"
description: "Lasiorhinus latifrons — Mamíferos. The southern hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons) is one of three extant species of wombats."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/southern-hairy-nosed-wombat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat

> Lasiorhinus latifrons — Mamíferos. The southern hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons) is one of three extant species of wombats.

- Scientific name: *Lasiorhinus latifrons*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 616
- Wikidata: [Q475449](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q475449)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43007](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43007)

## Names

- en: Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat
- de: Südlicher Haarnasenwombat
- es: Uómbat de Hocico Peludo del Sur
- fr: Wombat à Nez Poilu du Sud
- nl: Zuidelijke breedneuswombat
- pl: Wombat szerokogłowy

## Countries with the most observations

AU (489)

## Summary

The southern hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons) is one of three extant species of wombats. It is found in scattered areas of semiarid scrub and mallee from the eastern Nullarbor Plain to the New South Wales border area. It is the smallest of all three wombat species. The young often do not survive dry seasons. It is the state animal of South Australia.
Among the oldest southern hairy-nosed wombats ever documented were a male and a female from Brookfield Zoo just outside Chicago. Their names were Carver, who lived to be 34, and his mother, Vicky, who lived to be 24. In South Australia in 2010, a tame wombat…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_hairy-nosed_wombat

## Photo

![Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/southern-hairy-nosed-wombat/medium.jpg)

Photo: Joshua S. Martin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/184651706

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/southern-hairy-nosed-wombat?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).